Keaton Jones, the 11-year-old Tennessee boy who opened up tearfully about the bullying he experienced at school on a video that has gone viral, says he hopes it will inspire other kids. Meanwhile, his mom is being criticized for soliciting donations on a GoFundMe site and for Facebook posts that some call racist.

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I think it’s just not human to do this 💔 I’m so sorry for him and for all of the kids who are bullied…💔😪

Gucci Jaeden

Those people who disliked this have no respect for bullying. Keaton and everyone else has the same right to be loved and cared for, show your respect to yourself and others. You never know what day will be their last 😩❤️

RYLAN Feakes

She needs money for a new confederate flag

Myka Love

Yea thats so sad KKK KKK

Karabo Ranta

Their plan is to get your money by grabbing your sad attention…If she’s not racist. Then why did she do such guys let’s wake up…why are they saying let’s not focus on it…. because 💵 money….a ufc fighter said I’d like to invite Keaton… mother said “we just want money” whyyyyy Money? why not happiness….guys I’d rather take happiness dan earn money…..cause money is evil…..guys cmon please like why are we giving her money….money won’t stop anything.buh to make u feel special…please wake up

Shimmer Thunderman

same old same old

Shimmer Thunderman

being raciest isn't being different its just more white people thinking their better than any other race

Shimmer Thunderman

dude his whole family is raciest no wonder why he's getting bullied

Ezekiel Schwartz

Bruh he’s 11 i thought he was like 15

Leslie Herrera

That’s dum cuz I mean there’s kids getting bullied everyday and no one is doing nothing about it but when this kid got bullied the whole world is trying to help this one kid 💀

TheDarkWut

do you think if you squeezed his nose hard enough itd burst

Tiffanay Simpson

I don't fault him poor kid so probably facing a lot of difficult things. At school but his mom is another story

e r r o r

This racist family are loving the attention of everyone talking about him and are taking money from people for no reason

Keilani Clark

he is lying he was bulling other kids

Charles Rowell

Keaton just know your awesome

Carlos colon

Can you bully me to i wont 60k

Carlos colon

You got milk pourd on head thats nothing compared to other kids that get bullyed worst than that.

Supreme Sports

I don’t understand why she opened a “go fund me” account, like I understand why he got bullied, he was racist, I don’t think he should of got bullied the way he did, but sometimes you get what you deserve!!

Paulinho 18

i use to get bullied evey time antil now where is my money ?????

Hello Kid

It’s not helping anyone. You saying you get bullied and going viral won’t make anyone else any better. You should’ve just told the headteacher and just got it over and done with. Now your just adding to your problems. And you’re like ‘if you are gonna bully me don’t follow me on insta’ that’s not gonna help.

Mara Ukena

wao , good this

Tanz Thomp

For everyone saying the racist thing is an ASSUMPTION, it truly isn't. A famous person, I'm not sure of his name, posted a video of how he was confused, because when he offered her son Keaton a chance to meet up with a couple of his friends, who are also pretty famous, she turned it down and asked for cash(donate to the GoFundMe) instead. when he asked why, her reasoning was "I'm a single mother and Christmas is coming up" when he said how he disagrees with that. HER words were, "us whites are suppose to stick together against the predator". Put together the rest.

Lucca Carvalho

owwww, poor Sloth

Vortexion Elite

Wtf. If he gets bullied why does he need a gofundme acc?! These people need to be exposed…

lrwilliamsjr

"Hey, you guys!'

lala land

Ya been scammed

Mia Nenadic

Instead of the mother doing interviews and scamming people she should be going to the school and talking to the teachers and staff not posting about this! Okay like yes you got bullied so did I and so did a lot of other people but we arnt starting gofundme pages like seriously it gets me irritated cause 2 little girls commit suicide because of bullying but nobody has brought attention to that but a little boy STILL LIVING gets more attention yeah okay makes sence. THIS IS MY OPINION AND I STAND BY IT IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM THAT'S YOUT FAULT

James B.

I heard they are confederate supporters. The Real TV show bought me here.

Rice Gum

How can you help using only your words you can't even help yourself ugly rasict scammer

Breann McNamara

Is it scary

Der Gamer Gta

Dieser Junge tut mir in Herzen weh

Duke Raul

They shouldn’t blame the racist kid for his looks, that’s on who ever hit him in the face with a shovel😁

fatima fonseka

Keaton is very honest. and that is all matters.people must stop analyzing his motives like detectives.if his father is a racist ,why people should judge keaton ? He is a innocent little child.

Lol la

Whatever

Thomas Ortico

What a Mudafuker, the only reason why he is getting bullied is because of him being racist to other students.

Darryl Jr

I really feel bad for those kids that are really being bullied because this kid here and his mom just made them look bad

Just Toya

Yes, Keaton is the real bully. And his Mother scammed so many ppl. LOL! Too all the ppl that got scammed out of there money. Never jump on the bandwagon, Always sit back in the cut and observe first😏